MADRAS INAMS ACT, 1869

Act No. 08 of 1860

25th January, 1870

An Act to prevent doubts as to the true intent and meaning of certain words used in the title-deeds of inams heretofore furnished to inam-holders by the Inam Commissioner of the Madras Presidency, and to declare the true intent and meaning of Madras Act IV of 1862* and IV of 1866**. Whereas, under the rules sanctioned by the Local Government in the year 1859, and published in the Fort St. George Gazette, dated the 4th October 1859, for the adjudication and settlement of inam-lands in the Madras Presidency, the Inam Commissioner of the said Presidency is required to furnish inam-holders with title-deeds in respect of their inams, prepared according to certain forms proscribed by the said document; and whereas the terms of the title-deeds so prepared appear in many cases to convey a more extensive right than was intended to be given or than could be legally given; and whereas it is apprehended that

S.1 Effect of wording of inam title-deeds and of wording of Madras Acts IV of 1862 and IV of 1866

Nothing contained in any title-deed heretofore issued to any inam-holder shall be deemed to define, limit, infringe or destroy the rights of any description of holders or occupiers of the lands from which any inam is derived or drawn or to affect the interests of any person other than the inam-holder named in the title-deed; and nothing contained in Madras Act IV of 1862,* or in Madras Act IV of 1866,** shall be deemed to confer on any inam-holder any right to land which he would not otherwise possess.

* The Madras Enfranchised Inams Act, 1862.

** The Madras Enfranchised Inams Act, 1866.